✨ Supreme Court District Proclamation
last recited Proclamation and do revoke
the said first recited Proclamation so far
as concerns the said Southern District,
and do hereby proclaim and declare that
for the purposes of the said Act, that por-
tion of the Colony which is situated to the
south of the boundary line separating the
Province of Canterbury from the Pro-
vinces of Nelson and Marlborough shall
be divided into two Districts to be called
respectively the Canterbury District and
the Otago and Southland District: And
that the Canterbury District shall com-
prise the said Province of Canterbury, and
that the Otago and Southland District
shall comprise all that portion of the Co-
lony which lies to the south of the boun-
dary line separating the said Province of
Canterbury from the Province of Otago.
And in further pursuance and execution
of the said Act, I do hereby with the ad-
vice and consent aforesaid, proclaim and
declare that I assign the said Canterbury
District unto the said Henry Barnes Gres-
son, and the said Otago and Southland
District unto Christopher William Rich-
mond, Esquire, a Judge of the said Court:
And that Circuit Courts shall be holden
for the said Canterbury District at the
Town of Christchurch in the said Province
of Canterbury, on the first day of March,
the first day of June, the first day of Sep-
tember, and the first day of December, in
every year: And for the said Otago and
Southland District at the Town of Dun-
edin, in the Province of Otago, on the
first day of March, the first day of June,
the first day of September, and the first
day of December, in every year; and at
the Town of Invercargill in the Province
of Southland, on the tenth day of January,
and the tenth day of July, in every year,
or as soon after the said days respectively
as conveniently may be: And in case any
one of the said days so fixed as aforesaid
shall happen to be a Sunday or Holiday,
and then the Court appointed for such day
shall be holden on the day following.
And with the advice and consent afore-
said, I do lastly proclaim and declare that
this Proclamation shall come into opera-
tion and take effect on the first day of
May next.
Given under my hand at New
Plymouth, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of
New Zealand, this twenty-
third day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-
three.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
NZ Gazette 1863, No 14A
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Proclamation Dividing Southern District of Supreme Court and Assigning Judges
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 April 1863
Supreme Court, District division, Canterbury District, Otago and Southland District, Circuit Courts, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill
- Henry Barnes Gresson, Assigned Canterbury District Judge
- Christopher William Richmond (Esquire), Assigned Otago and Southland District Judge
- G. Grey.
- Alfred Domett.